Star Micronics NX-2400

Pin No. Signal

Name Direction Function

10 7xX OUT 5-Microsecond

Low pulse acknowledges receipt of data.

11 BUSY OUT Low when the printer is ready to accept

data.

12 PAPER OUT Goes High if the printer runs out of paper.

OUT Can be held Low permanently by turning

DIP switch l-5 off.

Contents

Main @ Copyright 1988 Star Micronics Co., Ltd. Page Page Double-heicrht, Double-sized, Quad-sized. TABLEOFCONTENTS Page Page Chapter 7 SETTING UP THE PRINTER LOCATING THE PRINTER UNPACKING AND INSPECTION Check the carton contents Page SETTING UP Mount the platen knob Remove the top cover Page Replace the top cower install the optional IC card Page Semiautomatic loading Manual loading LOADING AND PARKING FANFOLD FORMS Page Paper parking Paper unparking TEST PRINTING Short se/f test Long se/f test interface test ADJUSTING THE PRINTING GAP DIP SWITCH SETTINGS Page Page Page I Prestige italic I I- I I Orator I 12~~1 I Chapter 2 CONTROL PANEL OPERAllONS SWITCHES AND INDICATORS Power indicator On Line switch Paper Feed switch Quiet Mode switch Sty/e/Pitch switch POWER-UP FUNCTIONS Sh0ff test paffern: On Line switch Long Stay in pane/ pitch: Style/Pitch and Paper Feed switch Stay in panel style: Style/Pitch and Quiet Mode switch Hexadecimal dump: Paper Feed and Quiet Mode switches Page SWITCH COMBINATION FUNCTIONS Paper parking: Quiet Mode and Paper Feed switches Page feed: Paper Feed and On Line switches Forward micro-feed: On Line and Paper Feed switches Reverse micro-feed: On Line and Quiet Mode switches - Clearing the buffer: On Line and Style/Pitch switches Page Chapter 3 USING WE PR//vER WITH COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE INSTALLING YOUR SOFTWARE Printer menu Printer command options Type styles Page width initialization sequence SETTING THE DIP SWITCHES USING YOUR SOFTWARE Page alignment Type sty/e and pitch selection Other printer commands 1 PRINTER COMMANDS Page Chapter 4 USING THE PRINTER WITH DOS AND BASIC HARD-COPYING THE SCREEN (MS-DOS AND PC-DOS) PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH DOS COMMANDS Name of list device [PRN]: New file *1 - 2:*-c - LQPRINT 38 PROGRAMMING THE PRINTER WITH BASIC Page Page NEXT H How the program works Page Page Chapter 5 MAIIVTHVAIVCE AND TROUBLESHOOTIIVG CLEANING THE PRINTER REPLACING THE RIBBON REPLACING THE PRINT HEAD L REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE RAM CARD TROUBLESHOOTING w If the printer doesnt print: H If a// text is printed on the same line: screen: rectly: H If you have problems with graphics: 7ECHNlCAL SPECIFlCA7lONS Page w Paper Specifications only1 0.07 w Dimensions and Weight W Option Page Page Appendix B PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS FONT CONTROL COMMANDS Select draft quality characters Select LQ characters Select LQ type style Select ornament character Select italic characters Select upright characters Emphasized printing Double-strike printing Cancel emphasized printing Cancel double-strike printing Stop underlining Start overlining 60 Stop overlining Superscript Select standard character set Select IBM character set Select character set #7 Select character set #2 Select international character set Enable printing of all character codes Enable printing of a// character codes on next character Select s/ash zero Select normal zero CHARACTER SIZE AND PITCH COMMANDS Pica pitch Elite pitch High-speed elite pitch High-density elite pitch Semi-condensed pitch Condensed printing Cancel condensed printing Expanded printing Cancel expanded printing Expanded printing for one line Caucel one-line expanded printing Se/ect proportional spacing Select fixed spacing Select master print mode Increase character spacing Select double or quadruple size Print double-height characters Return to normal height Select character width Select character height, width, and line spacing Select character type and print pitch VERTICAL POSITION COMMANDS Set line spacing to 718 inch Set line spacing to 7160 or 7172 inch Set line spacing to 716 inch Set base unit for line spacing Set line spacing to n/780 or n/216 inch Set line spacing to n/360 inch Set line spacing to n/60 or n/72 inch Define line spacing to n/72 inch Execute < ESC > A Line feed Reverse line feed Select forward feed mode Perform one n/180-inch or n/2164nch line feed Perform one n/780-inch reverse line feed Feed paper n lines Set top of page at current position Set page length to n lines Set page length to n inches Set top margin Set bottom margin Cancel top and bottom margins Form feed Disable paper-out detector Enable paper-out detector Set vertical tab stops Set vertical tab stops every n lines Set vertical tab stops in channel Select vertical tab channel Vertical tab Set right margin HORIZONTAL POSITION COMMANDS Set left margin Set left and right margins Carriage return Set automatic line feed Cancel automatic line feed Backspace Leff justify Center text Right justify Full justify Set horizontal tab stops Set horizontal tab stop every n columns Reset all tab stops Horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab Relative horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in inches Absolute horizontal tab in columns GRAPHICS COMMANDS Print 8-bit single-density graphics Print 8-bit double-density graphics Print 8-bit double-density, double-speed graphics Print 8-bit quadruple-density graphics Print M-bit hex-density graphics Select graphics mode Convert graphics density DOWNLOAD CHARACTER COMMANDS Copy standard characters from ROM into RAM Define download characters Select download character set Select ROM character set OTHER PRINTER CONTROL COMMANDS Set MSB to 7 Set MS6 to 0 Delete last character sent Cancel last line Repeat data Quiet print Cancel quiet print immediate print Cancel immediate print I Stop printing Be// Bidirectional printing Unidirectional printing One-line unidirectional printing Manual feed Auto feed Page Page Appendix CHARACTER GENERATOR Norma/ character Page Super/subscript character Page 1600 93 2440 94 Page 3480 96 CHARACTER SETS L L -4 7, i.C i7 ii' -a- P j-iii-j . > N A n - Page Page Page Page +k G @ I sea # f A $ e Q $ @ i INDEX A E ICI ID m RI Page COMMAND SUMMARY Page <. ESC > p < 0 > < ESC > p < 1 > < ESC > p 0 < ESC > p .] 110